Ballot Type: Computer
Submitted: Sept. 24, 2023, 10:50 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Based on team statistics in each game, with each category being weighted differently, and more recent games having more weight to bring it more inline with human polls. Poll considers the 12 most recent games a team has played (including prior year and bowls), with prior year games and games against FCS schools being given less weight (poor performance still hurts, but "good stats" not nearly as much). Weightings may be tweaked season-to-season, but not mid-season. Teams must have played 12 games as an FBS school to qualify for a ranking.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 78.00 |
2 | Michigan Wolverines | 76.74 |
3 | Washington Huskies | 75.28 |
4 | Oregon Ducks | 73.21 Oregon being better at getting sacks, and their Strength of Schedule being higher by them not playing an FCS school gave them the edge over Georgia. |
5 | Georgia Bulldogs | 73.04 Having a recent FCS game is going to hurt them for a couple more weeks. |
6 | Texas Longhorns | 72.79 |
7 | Oklahoma Sooners | 70.26 |
8 | USC Trojans | 70.15 |
9 | Florida State Seminoles | 69.95 |
10 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 69.78 |
11 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 66.89 |
12 | Fresno State Bulldogs | 66.76 Good turnover performance, margin of victory, and not having lost yesterday shot them up over ND. |
13 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 66.75 Their loss to Ohio State was not as painful to them as I would have thought. Go back to wearing blue and they can recover form this. |
14 | Utah Utes | 66.63 |
15 | Air Force Falcons | 65.98 |
16 | Duke Blue Devils | 65.68 |
17 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 65.37 |
18 | Louisville Cardinals | 64.24 |
19 | TCU Horned Frogs | 63.42 |
20 | Kansas State Wildcats | 62.57 |
21 | Washington State Cougars | 62.42 |
22 | Liberty Flames | 62.32 |
23 | Texas A&M Aggies | 62.26 |
24 | LSU Tigers | 61.97 |
25 | Ohio Bobcats | 61.82 Their SoS may be weak, but their Defense is really holding it down, and they are well disciplined and are not drawing penalties. |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 1.15 |
2 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.05 |
3 | Washington Huskies | 0.06 |
4 | Oregon Ducks | 0.78 |
5 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
6 | Texas Longhorns | -0.09 |
7 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.64 |
8 | USC Trojans | 0.00 |
9 | Florida State Seminoles | -0.04 |
10 | Ohio State Buckeyes | -1.57 |
11 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 0.23 |
12 | Fresno State Bulldogs | 3.10 |
13 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 |
14 | Utah Utes | -0.24 |
15 | Air Force Falcons | 9.14 |
16 | Duke Blue Devils | 0.00 |
17 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
18 | Louisville Cardinals | 0.98 |
19 | TCU Horned Frogs | 6.02 |
20 | Kansas State Wildcats | 1.27 |
21 | Washington State Cougars | -0.88 |
22 | Liberty Flames | 2.86 |
23 | Texas A&M Aggies | 0.38 |
24 | LSU Tigers | -0.66 |
25 | Ohio Bobcats | 0.24 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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Miami Hurricanes | 1.38 |
Missouri Tigers | 0.44 |
Kansas Jayhawks | 0.47 |
Oregon State Beavers | 0.67 |
Ole Miss Rebels | 0.33 |
Maryland Terrapins | 0.07 |
Total Score: 33.75